Brine tank for ice plants



Patented June24, .1930 f I i I l i ITED jSTAT NoRMAnYH. Gator,LosANGniiEs, CALIFORNIA. a

BRINE TAN'K'FOB, we ,IPLANT$ l Application filed September s, 26.SeriaINo. 135,134. I

.. This invention relates toimprove'ments in cans. In order topreventthis direct flow, brinetanks for the manufacture of artificial. anumber of battle plates 19. are secured. to ice, and particularlyconcernselements for certain of the straps 11 to entirely block,controlling the flow of brine through-such the direct flow of brinethrough the. tank tanks. l .1 along itsxbottom,and to causethisfbrine tovAccording to the present invention, a pass through the courseillustrated by the brine tank is provided for the. rece ation of arrows.In the particular illustration, these anumber of individual icefcans, wich' are baffles have been illustrated as located at to be filled withwater and immersed in every alternate partition; but it will besufficiently to convert the" water to ice, intervals withoutdeparting'from the intent These cans are held in position by certain ofthe present invention, which is that'the walls Within the ice tank,-a-ndis custorndirect flow otthe brine should be impeded ary to providecoolingpipes withinthe'byforcing' ittopass ina tortuous passage.

brine tank to maintain its temperature, and In the particularillustration, the baflies 5 ,a circulation of the brine throughthe tankare brought upward to the level ofthe is effected to attain a uniformdistribution bottom row of cooling pipes 16. It is of temperature at allparts of the tank. 1 usually preferred to form the straps 11' of pAccording to the present invention, battle iron, bars Which are re-bentat the upper" v plates are provided to prevent direct passage ends 11and secured to. the joist IZQ These F0 of the circulating brine from theinlet to, straps have their sides ata sufiicient distance the outlet ofthetank alongfits bottom. to closely inclose the cooling pipes 16 andThe drawing represents a longitudinal to hold them-in position,

section through a brine tank ,otthis type It is apparent that the"invention is not the body of thebrine, so that they are chilledunderstood that they-may be located at other 5 l with a numberofice-cans in position. restricted to the particular form ofexecu- 75'Inthis drawing, the brine tank is illus-' tion shown, but may be varidv ithi th trated as having a bottom 10 with'a number scope of theappended claims.

i of upstanding U-straps 11' therein through i Having thus described theinvention, what which the brine may flow in its passage I claim as newand desire to secure'byLetthrough the tank, which in thepartic'ularters-Patent, is :i so

illustration is from theleft towardthe right. In a brine tank for icemaking plants At'the 1 1910 ends, thesfi Straps v McConhaving an inletand an outlet for brine at nected with the joists 12'having the crossoppositeends thereoicooling pipes extendjoists 13 which maintain thecovers 14 to ing through the tankand spaced from the v P the ice cam 15against h w-t y of bottom thereof whereby to cool the cold 85 i i dirt.The ice cans 15 are: supported within brine at the upper portionsthereof, means the compartments d' y the j i t 1 .to maintain theicecans in position in the and 13 so, thatthey are not swept away bybrine flow from. said inlet to said outlet, said thefiow of brinethrough ethetank. cans being located above the bottom. of the Thecoolingpipes 16 are'passed through J tank and extending below said coils, andso the' tank, usually at a heightabove the wall, baffles arranged at thebottom of the tank since the brine in the tank is warmest near acrossthe line of flow of the brine and exits top. 4 e l tending upwardly tosaid cooling pipes to Itwill be noted that'a space 18 is left bepreventa direct flow of brine along the'bot tween the bottom of each of the'icecans tom of the tank beneath the ice canswhile and the bottom 10 of thetank, through permitting a direct flow over the upperparts which thecold brine may pass directly from o t-the, cans and over said coolingpipes. I I the inlet to the outlet of the" tank without In testimonywhereof, Iaflixmy signature;

absorbingthe calculated number oficalories a 50 from the watercontainedwithin the ice 1 a i NQRMAN H'. GAY J p f

